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絶滅 (ぜつめつ, zetsumetsu) Japanese meaning: extinction | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N3 › Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation 絶滅する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 絶ぜつ 滅めつ する 絶ぜつ 滅めつ しない Polite 絶ぜつ 滅めつ します 絶ぜつ 滅めつ しません Past polite 絶ぜつ 滅めつ しました 絶ぜつ 滅めつ しませんでした Past 絶ぜつ 滅めつ した 絶ぜつ 滅めつ しなかった Te-form 絶ぜつ 滅めつ して 絶ぜつ 滅めつ しないで Desire 絶ぜつ 滅めつ したい 絶ぜつ 滅めつ したくない Potential 絶ぜつ 滅めつ できる 絶ぜつ 滅めつ できない Passive 絶ぜつ 滅めつ される 絶ぜつ 滅めつ されない Causative 絶ぜつ 滅めつ させる 絶ぜつ 滅めつ させない Causative passive 絶ぜつ 滅めつ させられる 絶ぜつ 滅めつ させられない Volitional 絶ぜつ 滅めつ しよう Polite volitional 絶ぜつ 滅めつ しましょう Imperative 絶ぜつ 滅めつ しろ 絶ぜつ 滅めつ するな Conditional 絶ぜつ 滅めつ すれば 絶ぜつ 滅めつ しなければ Tara conditional 絶ぜつ 滅めつ したら 絶ぜつ 滅めつ しなかったら
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絶ぜつ
滅めつ
し
て
しまう
だろう
。
At this rate, that bird will go extinct.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 が 絶ぜつ 滅めつ する for a species or language to become extinct
This species of turtle has already gone extinct.
〈 物もの 〉 を 絶ぜつ 滅めつ させる to eradicate or wipe something out
The doctors succeeded in eradicating that infectious disease.
絶ぜつ 滅めつ の 危き 機き にある to be in danger of extinction
This panda is in danger of extinction.
〈 物もの 〉 を 絶ぜつ 滅めつ に 追お い 込こ む to drive something to extinction
Kanji 絶 discontinue, sever, cut off 滅 destroy, ruin, overthrow Related words· 11 絶やす is a transitive verb meaning to let something die out through neglect or effort, while 絶滅 is the more formal noun/suru-verb for the resulting extinction.
根絶 stresses completely rooting out the source of a problem, while 絶滅 more broadly covers both deliberate eradication and natural extinction.
撲滅 is used almost exclusively for deliberately stamping out harmful things like crime or disease, whereas 絶滅 also covers natural extinction.
死滅 emphasizes cells, organisms, or populations dying off, while 絶滅 focuses on a species or category disappearing entirely.
Show 7 more 全滅 means total annihilation of a group in one event (like an army or crop), while 絶滅 refers to a species or thing ceasing to exist permanently.
消滅 is a broader term for anything disappearing or becoming void (including rights or contracts), while 絶滅 is specific to species, languages, or living things dying out.
絶滅する is the technical term for species extinction, while 滅びる is broader and can describe the fall of nations, cultures, or civilizations.
Opposites 存続 means to continue existing or survive, the opposite of 絶滅's meaning of dying out completely.
絶滅 means a species dies out completely, the opposite of 繁殖, which means it multiplies and thrives.
Don't confuse with 絶望 (despair) shares the kanji 絶 with 絶滅 (extinction) but has a completely unrelated meaning about hopelessness rather than dying out.
絶滅 usually refers to the natural extinction of a species, while 撲滅 refers to a deliberate campaign to eliminate something harmful like a disease or crime.
絶滅 means a species or kind dying out completely and permanently, while 全滅 describes a specific group or effort being wiped out or failing all at once, not necessarily forever.
Etymology Compound of 絶 (extinction, severance) and 滅 (destruction, ruin). The combination reinforces the idea of complete disappearance or annihilation.
Human activity has driven many wild animals to extinction.
絶滅 refers specifically to the biological extinction of a species, while 断絶 is broader and can describe the dying-out of a lineage, tradition, or continuous state.
絶滅 is used specifically for the extinction of a species or biological group, whereas 滅亡 also covers the downfall of civilizations, nations, or organizations.
絶滅 is the standard term for biological extinction of species, whereas 廃絶 is used more for traditions, practices, or systems dying out or being eliminated.
絶滅する is a formal, biological term specifically for a species becoming extinct, while 絶える can describe the same idea more broadly or poetically for any living thing or lineage.
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endangered; threatened (species)
endangerment; risk of extinction
